Cuff-link.



lVI. SAPO.

CUFF LINKl APPLICATION man AuG.5. i916.

WITNESSES wm/JM MORRIS sAro, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

CUFF-LINK.

Application filed August 5, 1916. Serial o. 113,253.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS Saro, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cuff-Link, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.l

My invention relates to cuff links. The object thereof is to provide a simple and inexpensive self-locking link which will not unlock accidentally.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. Y

Figure l is Fig. 2 the link;

Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the slide displaced; and

Fig. i is a cross section on line 4 4, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 5 is a link shaped from a suitable bar. It has a central bridge 6 uniting the sides which reiniorce the link. The link has a pair of gaps 7 in the side thereof, the gaps being on the opposite sides of the bridge 6 and, therefore, forming entrance to the opposite ends of the linkl A spring housing 8 vis mounted to a perspective view of my link; is a longitudinal section through slide on the link 5. The end walls 9 of theV housing are restored to their normal position after the housing has been placed on to the link and the springs l0 inserted into the housing. The length of the housing is such that normally it will cover the two gaps 7 of the ring. The two springs l0 being of the same strength balance each Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Specification of Letters Patent. Y

Batented Mar. 20, 1917.

other and maintain the gaps 7 normally closed. To clear either of* the gaps, the housing must be forced to one or the other end, asrshown in Fig. 3. The compressed spring l0 will restore the housing to its normal position after the housing is released. lt will be noted that the bridge 6,

in addition to forming a reinforcement for Y the link, forms an abutment for the springs l0.

Generally the cuff buttons being considerably larger than the width and thicknessV of the housing 8, there is small possibility kthat any obstruction may come into engage- Y ment'with the housing because of Vthe dis- 'on the opposite sides of the bridge and adjacent thereto, mounted on the exceeding the distance between the remote ends of the gaps, kand a pair of springs in said housing on the opposite side of the bridge and in engagement therewith.

2. A cuff link comprising in combination a link having a central bridge, said link having a pair of gaps in the same side, each gap being on the opposite side of the bridge, a spring housing slidably mounted on the link and having a length exceeding the distance betweeny the remote ends of the gaps, and a pair of springs in said housing on theY opposite side of the bridge in engagement therewith for maintaining said housing over the gap.

MORRIS' SAPO.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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